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John Requa Biography

Birth Name:John Requa

Profession Writer, Producer, Director, Script department

Fast Facts

Nominated in for the Breakthrough Director Award at the 2010 Gotham Awards for his work on "I Love You Phillip Morris"
Studied filmmaking and writing at New York's Pratt Institute in the early 1990s
Quote: "[Glenn and I] love diluted characters that firmly have their heads planted up their butts․ It just makes us laugh․"
Quote: "[Glenn and I] would cut these little comedy shorts for class․ The videos would end up being two minutes long, but they would become dense and funny․"
Often teams with writing partner Glenn Ficarra whom he met in college
Started out writing for animated programs including Nickelodeon's "The Angry Beavers" before transitioning to film as both a writer, producer and director